UPDATED: Daily Quickie, 09.16.11

On Friday, September 16th, 2011 (and a bit on the weekend that follows) …

Rutgers University President Richard McCormick delivers his annual ‘State of the University’ address in New Brunswick. The Rutgers One coalition of students, staff, faculty and alumni protests, primarily over a salary freeze.

State Treasury Department officials meet to consider a plan to redirect some borrowed money appropriations for projects to paying down debt service.

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and senior officials from the regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency hold a news conference at Bayonne Medical Center as its launches its ‘green hospital’ initiative.

Tomorrow is Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Clean Up Day. The New Jersey Sierra Club and New Jersey Clean Communities do a beach cleanup in Asbury Park.

UPDATE: On Sunday, Bergen County lawmakers hold a news conference at the foot of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee to oppose the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey toll hike taking effect that day. Bridge and tunnel tolls go from $8 currently to $9.50 for E-ZPass users and $12 for cash commuters. Additional smaller increases will add another $3 over the course of the next four years.

On Sunday, a program called ‘Citizenship Rutgers[1]‘ at the Rutgers Student Center in New Brunswick features immigration lawyers providing free reviews of legal permanent residents’ eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenship. Similar programs will be offered Oct. 1 on the Newark campus and Oct. 29 on the Camden campus.